Nursery World - Hard times

How are the largest nursery groups bearing up in a difficult market? Catherine Gaunt reports on the latest ups and downs in the UK and Ireland's top 20 chains Aglance at the league table for our summer 2006 issue shows very little change for the largest nursery groups. The familiar names are all there, with Nord Anglia still in the top spot with all its nurseries now re-branded under the Leapfrog name.

Aglance at the league table for our summer 2006 issue shows very little change for the largest nursery groups. The familiar names are all there, with Nord Anglia still in the top spot with all its nurseries now re-branded under the Leapfrog name.

There are no mergers or acquisitions to report among the big players and overall the number of settings and places has been fairly static.

However, the top ten chains have retained their positions in the upper half. Towards the bottom of the table some groups have dropped one or two places to make room for just two new entries.

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